Shanghai Jiao Tong
University (SJTU), directly subordinate to the Ministry of
Education, is a key university in China, jointly run by the Ministry
and Shanghai Municipality.

Shanghai Jiao Tong University
formerly the Nang Yang Public School was founded in 1896 by Mr.
SHENG Xuanhuai. It is one of the oldest universities in China. The
University, through its century-long history, has nurtured large
numbers of outstanding figures and made significant contributions to
the thriving and prosperity of the nation and the development of
science and technology. Of all the academicians of China's Academy
of Sciences and Academy of Engineering, more than 200 are the alumni
of Jiao Tong University.

Its total enrollment of full-time students
amounts to 38,000. There are 18,000 undergraduates and 18,100
candidates for Master's Degree and Doctor's Degree. The centennial
Jiao Tong University has inherited its old tradition "high starting
points, solid foundation, strict requirements and extensive
practice" which has cultivated one group of qualified students after
another. Today the old tradition is endowed with new content and has
become the fine style of learning of Jiao Tong students. With such
tradition SJTU is training students into excellent qualified talents
with solid and broad theoretical foundation, complex knowledge
structure, international communicative ability and comprehensive
development in morality, intelligence and physical fitness. Students
from SJTU have achieved top prizes in various competitions, such as
the International Mathematical Contest in Modeling and Electronics
Design Contest. Teachers from SJTU have won a number of top prizes
in the national Award of outstanding achievements in Education for
their teaching, research and textbooks compiled.

In the new
century, SJTU has formulated a grand blueprint for future
development and is determined to make continued efforts to build
itself into a first class university in the world.